Information system with hologram display

Abstract

An information display may include a top housing, a bottom housing, and a back housing. The top housing may include a first display that displays information for presentation to the user. The information may be reflected off of a transparent substrate located within a space defined by the top, bottom, and back housing, such that the information appears to the user as a hologram at a virtual plane.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An information system with hologram display, comprising:
 a top housing;   a bottom housing;   a back housing; and,   a transparent surface disposed between the top housing and bottom housing adjacent the back housing;   interior surfaces of each of the top housing, bottom housing, back housing and transparent surface forming an interior space, the interior space having a hologram display therein for presenting information to a viewer.   
     
     
         2 . The information system of  claim 1 , the hologram display comprising:
 an angled transparent substrate, and a first display located in the top housing;   information displayed by the first display being transmitted by the angled transparent substrate forming a virtual image at a first plane.   
     
     
         3 . The information system of  claim 2 , the angled transparent substrate comprising a transparent acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) substrate. 
     
     
         4 . The information system of  claim 2 , the hologram display comprising a second display located in the back housing. 
     
     
         5 . The information system of  claim 4 , additional information displayed by the second display forming an additional image at a second plane, the second plane different than the first plane. 
     
     
         6 . The information system of  claim 5 , a distance between the first and second plane optimized to provide a depth of field in the combined information and additional information. 
     
     
         7 . The information system of  claim 1 , further comprising a light configurable to a desired color. 
     
     
         8 . The information system of  claim 7 , the light located above the top housing. 
     
     
         9 . The information system of  claim 1 , further comprising a speaker located in the bottom housing. 
     
     
         10 . The information system of  claim 1 , further comprising electronics for controlling at least one of a light, a speaker, and the hologram display. 
     
     
         11 . The information system of  claim 1 , further comprising a communication interface for receiving data from an external device. 
     
     
         12 . The information system of  claim 11 , the data comprising display data for display as the hologram display. 
     
     
         13 . The information system of  claim 11 , the data comprising lighting data for controlling a light. 
     
     
         14 . The information system of  claim 13 , the lighting data comprising a selected color indication received, via a communications interface, from an interactive external device. 
     
     
         15 . The information system of  claim 11 , the data comprising speaker data for playback by a speaker. 
     
     
         16 . The information system of  claim 11 , the data comprising at least one of clock, video, image, weather, stock, calendar, news headlines, public alerts, Rich-Site Summary (RSS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and web-based information. 
     
     
         17 . The information system of  claim 1 , further comprising a wellness monitor for monitoring air quality proximate the information system. 
     
     
         18 . The information system of  claim 17 , the wellness monitor comprising one or more of a fine particulate matter sensor, volatile organic compounds (VOC) sensor, a CO sensor, and a CO 2  sensor.